As seen on the sidewalk, bien sûr

August 30, 2004 3:56 PM

And the training wheels would go where, exactly, on the Sideways Bike?
posted by Dick Paris (18 comments total)

no pictures of the sideways collision ?
posted by mishaco at 4:06 PM on August 30, 2004

"Damn this Sideways House!" /state
posted by Stan Chin at 4:08 PM on August 30, 2004

I want to see the Mountainbike Militiaman version.

Back and to the left....*smack*
posted by Reverend Mykeru at 4:12 PM on August 30, 2004

"You can't ride it!
You can't ride it!
It's the bike that's hard to ride!!!!"

"Gay."

"Totally gay."
posted by jon_kill at 4:27 PM on August 30, 2004

The original bicycle has been around for 200 years. Don't you think it is time for a change !

Yes, as people get fatter it's only fitting that bikes get wider.
posted by jon_kill at 4:28 PM on August 30, 2004

Hey, it's great if you're wearing a hoopskirt!
posted by quietfish at 4:38 PM on August 30, 2004

What some people will go to to avoid nut pain.
posted by solistrato at 4:56 PM on August 30, 2004

An interesting take on another kind of sideways bike that let a rider swing the back end around to the side. The chain system and headset and everything else could swivel, it was like being drunk while sober.

Quite fun to ride over a short post with the front wheel on one side and the back wheel on the other.

In fact, it was kind of like this Swing Bike.
posted by fenriq at 5:02 PM on August 30, 2004

But now Asian women will risk breaking their hymen.
posted by dhoyt at 5:05 PM on August 30, 2004

jon_kill - what is that reference?
posted by crazy finger at 5:42 PM on August 30, 2004

How in the hell does that drive train work? It looks like it's somehow built to swivel with the rest of the 'back' headset somehow...
posted by kaibutsu at 6:17 PM on August 30, 2004

Awesome - VHS kickstand
posted by tr3pleshot at 9:15 PM on August 30, 2004

The original bicycle has been around for 200 years. Don't you think it is time for a change !

Y'know, I never thought about it really all that much before, but yeah, it sure as hell is.
posted by soyjoy at 9:24 PM on August 30, 2004

The original bicycle has been around for 200 years. Don't you think it is time for a change

To something that makes me look like a dork? Uh, no.
posted by sharpener at 10:20 PM on August 30, 2004

And I can't find the time to do my laundry.
posted by HTuttle at 11:14 PM on August 30, 2004

This is the beginning of our slow but certain evolution into crabs. Great bald, bicycle-riding, monkey-crabs.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:46 AM on August 31, 2004

I've seen this guy riding the straight ahead #2 around the MIT campus. It's a neat looking contraption, but I don't really think that "the audience for this bike would be teenagers to young adults."
posted by clockwork at 8:12 AM on August 31, 2004

Since Clockwork mentions it, I saw the bike in Paris, near the Place de Clichy. It (I think it was similar to "straight ahead #2") was wiggling by on the crowded sidewalk and I barely had time to notice the URL.
posted by Dick Paris at 9:11 AM on August 31, 2004